Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead yesterday of an apparent drug overdose at age 27.
Other famous rockers who died at 27:
* Jimi Hendrix, who choked on his own vomit after swallowing a handful of sleeping pills with wine in 1970.
* Janis Joplin, who overdosed on heroin, also in 1970.
* Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman, who blew his brains out with a shotgun in 1994.
* Jim Morrison, the Doors frontman, allegedly overdosed, though his 1971 death has remained a mystery.
* Brian Jones, an original member of The Rolling Stones, was found at the bottom of his swimming pool in 1969.
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